Man Charged In Crash That Killed Enfield Sixth-Grader

ENFIELD — A motorcyclist who struck and killed a young boy riding his bicycle in September had been drinking alcohol before the accident, police said.

Brian Dolloff, 29, of Broad Brook Road, turned himself in on Monday, according to police. He was charged with second-degree manslaughter and driving under the influence, as well as motor vehicle infractions.

Dolloff appeared in court on Tuesday and has been released on bail, according to court records.

Police were called to the scene of the crash on Broad Brook Road around 7 p.m. on Sept. 25, 2013. Nicolas Filippa, of Salerno Drive, a sixth-grader at John F. Kennedy Middle School, was taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield and later airlifted to the Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford, police Chief Carl Sferrazza said.

Filippa, 11, was taken off life support the next day.

Police said at the time that both the motorcycle and the bicycle were traveling south on Broad Brook, near the intersection with Salerno Drive, when they collided, police said.